ગધેડે ગોવાયું.

gadhēḍē gōvāyuṁ.

Literally: Shepherded by a donkey.
What it means: A task or property is ruined because it was entrusted to an incompetent or foolish person.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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